| City: | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Names to Avoid: | Hon, Hono |
| County: | Honolulu County |
| Timezone: | Hawaii-Aleutian Islands (GMT -10:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:38:06 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 808 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 21.3069, -157.8584 |
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ZIP 96808 serves downtown Honolulu's business district, centered on Merchant Street. The post office maintains 59 PO Boxes for businesses and residents in the heart of the city's commercial core. This isn't a residential neighborhood but a postal facility embedded in Honolulu's historic downtown.
Merchant Street is the primary address within this ZIP, accounting for all 19 street delivery records. The street runs through downtown's financial district, near the waterfront where Honolulu's mercantile history began. Today it's lined with office buildings, restaurants, and retail spaces that use this postal facility. Residents in surrounding areas receive street delivery through neighboring ZIPs like 96813, which geographically contains this facility.
Merchant Street is the sole street address in this ZIP, reflecting the facility's focus on a specific downtown commercial corridor rather than a full neighborhood. The name references Honolulu's mercantile history when this waterfront area served as the city's trading hub.
ZIP Code 96808 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 4 business establishments, employing about 143 people with an annual payroll of $10,963,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 122Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 4Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $3,069,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $10,963,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 143Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 96808 is located in Honolulu County, Hawaii, within the Urban Honolulu, HI Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 46520) and Hawaii's 1st Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 1,003,666 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 96808. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Urban Honolulu, HISource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 46520Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 1,003,666Source: Census |
| MSA: | Honolulu, HI MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 01Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 209.22 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 46520Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Urban Honolulu, HI Metro AreaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 96808 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on January 1, 2026.